hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, with me, chetan pathak. coming up on the programme. one night away from england s opening match of euro 2024 against serbia we ll be live in germany where the team are going through their final preparations. what next for scotland and their supporters, after their opening day humbling at the hands of the hosts. scotland will face switzerland next week who make a winning start to their campaign in cologne. tributes pour in as the former arsenal and everton striker kevin campbell dies at the age of 5a after a short illness. also coming up on sportsday before seven. two weeks out from wimbledon jack draper s into the final of the stuttgart open as he targets his first atp tour title. and can england s cricketers avoid elimination at the t20 world cup. rain has delayed the start against namibia as things stand they re heading out. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. in just over 2a hours england begin their quest to
mark williams and reach the final of the masters. williams missed a key chance to claim victory late on and robertson capitalised on the shift in momentum which provided an extraordinary conclusion. roberston will now face either judd trump or barry hawkins in tomorrow s final. great win for him. things haven t quite gone to plan for emma raducanu since herfairy tale win at the us open. worth remembering she s about to play in only her third grand slam and her first australian open. raducanu faces a tough opening match in melbourne against fellow us open winner sloane stephens. she s been talking to tennis correspondent riussell fuller ahead of the tournament. obviously the preparation hasn t been obviously the preparation hasn t been ideal, but for me i think the last week been ideal, but for me i think the last week i been ideal, but for me i think the last week i have just been really enjoying last week i have just been really enjoying playing here. i haven t been enjoyin
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to date, signs that they have not yet prepared them for a large number of casualties there, which may result from a sustained occupation and response from ukranian forces backed by the west. do you see that as indicative here that that preparation hasn t come might indicate russia not ready to act or not? i think it s something different, jim. i think that thewhat they re sag to the russian people is, and you look at poland and others, about half the country of russia doesn t believe there will be a war. there s another percentage, i think it s 15%, doesn t believe there ever will be a war between russia and ukraine, but there is high concern of a war between nato and russia. what the kremlin is saying is, we don t want war. we are not going to attack, but, again, what was mentioned today on russian tv, if our of the